Electric connector



(No Model.)

J. A. SEELY. BLECTRIG CONNECTOR.

Patented J an. 14, 1890 WITNESSES:

W flw/ ATTORNEY,

j which flows into the forms a solid connection and good electrical contact. The ends of the joint which abut UNITED STATES PATE T it JOHN A. stem, or BROQKLYNQNEW. YORK.

EuEcTmooQoNNEcroR-f i SPEOIFICATION forming m of Letters Zatent No. 419,35, dated sanitar 14,i1eoo; Application filed October 30,1889. s eii Rio/328,697 'm n i du.)

To all whom ntay concern/5 Be' a known that I, JOHN A.- SEELY, that zen of the United States, residing in Brook= 'lyn,-in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain dew and useful i Improvements in. Connections for Electric Wires, of which the following is a specifica-' tion.

My in ven t-ion relates to connections orj oints for electric conductors. o The object. of the intentiomprimarily,is to provide a joint .in which the electriccontact is good, and, further, the production of a joint which may be easily applied,and which cut through the will not chafe and eventually insulation. of the conductors;

The invention is applicable, principally, to lead-covered cables, which are usually laid in conduits through the streets, the joints being made at-intervals where lateral branches are l joint havingbeen placed inpositiongsol'derisrun off to buildings. Y

My improved joint has the general form of a T; but its parts are open or slit to facilitate the connection with .the'wires. when once adjusted are sealed in by solder, slits of the joint. and

- against the fibrous insulation of the conductrepresentsan elevation of the ors are double beveled and rounded to pre'- vent abrasion of the insulation. This obviates a fault in the ordinary T-couplings,

which are usually made rough, audit has. been found that the square ends are some.

times armed with a burr, which cuts through the insulation, thus admittingwater and causing a ground ora short circuit. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1.

tion', but without its final insulating-covering. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the. joint detachedg-and Fig. 3 a section taken In .the figures, a represents a main cable,

and I) a branchv connected'therewith by the" joint 0 c". This j oint is made of a single casting or of two sections of tubing or of a solid casting, and the material is of flexible metal. 1.

That portion or which incloses the main is slitlongitudinally to admit the conductor,

and the portion which surrounds the branchv is also-slit through a port-ion of its length.

The wires 1 joint in posi- Asfanarticle of manufacture these; joints are constructed as shown in Fig; 2-th'atis, with the' slits open to admit the two-wires. The three ends of the jointare sh'own'btwel edl 1f The operation of vinakinga, connection is-f' as follows: A section of the lead sheathing is removed from the main. 'lhe fibrousinsula- I I tion is then cut away or tapered toward; the '60 middle of the opening, and finally enough of it; is entirely removedto expose the length-of conductor which is-to be covered by the joint "The joint is then passed under the wire and brought up until it surrounds the same, when, by the .use of a pair of pliers, the tube is bent up and around the conductor until the edges.

of the slit near lymeet. '1he branch-b, the. end efwhich has been exposed, isthen pushed I into the lateralstem of the" joint andlthefie pliers. again. used, if} nece'ssaryyto bringupf" the sides dfthe tubefagainst thewire'. "The poured into the slits, which flows 'around;tlre'- 4 v conductor and makes good contact between the parts, besides sealing the joints' This done, the joint is wrappedor otherwise cov- -ered with insulation: The'rounded edges prevent any abrasion oft-heinsu'lating material.

It will be .u nderstoodthat the beveled edges 8b and the splitting of; the tubes will apply as; well to ordinary straight 'coupliii gs as to T or angle couplings. f j

Having thus described. my invent-ion, I claimj 1 V 1.: A-joint for 'electric yvires, consistingofif f two-tubes connecfedito'gether and placed at anangle-to each =ot-her, said tubesbeing slit longitudinally, as described.

1 two tubes connectedtogetheran d' placed at right angles to each; other, said tubes being slit longitudinally and made of flexiblecon ducting material; 1 -3.'The combination, 'with' the. ends of 2111 5 insulated electrical conductor, of ajfi1etalliccoupling-sleeve joiningsaid ends together,

' the ends of said sleeve being beveled to remove sharp edges, and insulating-material;1 covering said sleeve, substantially .as d'eco scribed; Y 4.3The combination, with amain electrical conductor and Ya branch therefrom, both be ing insulated, of a-connector consisting of a 2. .A joint for electric wires, consisting ofgo metallic body surrounding and in connection with the mainancl the branch, the ends of v the connector being beveled to remove sharp edges and theconnector and surrounding parts covered with insulating material, all for bination with a conductor, the tube being provided with a longitudinal slit, and solden filling in the slit and connecting the walls of the two with the conductor.- I

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, JOHN A/SEELY. Witnesses:- a

WM A. ROSENBAUM, THOMAS K. T EncHARD'. 

